A study of more than 18,000 children
across England found that embedding mental health support in schools as part of
the Targeted Mental Health in Schools
(TaMHS) programme led to greater improvements in self-reported behavioural
problems among primary pupils. The benefits were even more pronounced where
schools also provided pupils with self-help leaflets explaining how children
could help themselves if they were feeling stressed or troubled.More...

A
genetic finding could help to explain why influenza becomes a life-threatening
disease for some people, and yet has only a mild effect on others. Collaborative
research led by scientists at UCL and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute found
that people who carry a particular variant of the IFITM3 gene are significantly
more likely to be hospitalised when they fall ill with influenza than those who
carry other variants.More...